Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough in the search for the universe’s most mysterious substance—dark matter. They ...

Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their size, the very thing that makes them so alien. We’re typically ...

Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of galaxies in the universe—and may represent an entirely new class of ...

A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from the depths of the universe: a colossal cosmic object located in the enigmatic Zone of Avoidance. This region, hidden behind the dense bands of the Milky Way ...

It started as a side note in a high-resolution ALMA observation. Elena Shablovinskaia and her team weren’t hunting for the weird. They were mapping the bright, active heart of NGC 4945 — a nearby ...

A black hole unlike any seen before has been spotted in the early universe. It’s huge and appears to be essentially on its own, with few stars circling it. The object, which may represent a whole new ...